Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-10-07
FREE GRACE.
The Scenes in Heaven Which Our
Savior Left Contrasted with Those
toWhich He Came on Earth.
The World Had Applause for Imperial
Butchers, but Only Buff sting for
the Prince of Peace.
FOR ,hs POverties of Our Spiritual State
We May Put On the Splendors of
Heavenly Requirement.
e,oc,sI 10 the Gazette.


+v for still larger audience has been
made at the Brooklyn tabernacle. An
,4i9jned lecture room has been built so
..st during the week il is used by itself,
INT on the Sabbath it is thrown into the
r,.in auditorium and filed by those sit
ing or standing. Notwithstanding the
enlargement, the crowds that 60 away
notable 10 get inside the building are
orester this fall than ever before. To-
d.y the pastor explained appropriate
n.sssges Of scripture. Professor Browne
rendered upon the organ the First Sonata
N u minor, Ritter. The text OF the SER
rnoa was from IL. Cor, On. viii, v. 9:
aye know the g1ace Of our Lord Jesus
Christ, that, though He was rich. yet for
vour sskes be became poor" DR.. Tai
mage said:
That ell the worlds which on q cold
winters night make the heavens enc
Great glitter are inhSbitantless is an alb
snriity. Philosophers tell US that many
nj these worlds are too hot, or too cold, or
500 rarefed Of atmosphere for residence.
puf. if not lit for human abode, they may
he n for beings different from and supe-
rior to ourselves. We ere told that the
world of Jupiter is changing until it is
.lmost lit for creatures ike the human
race, and that Mars would do for the hu
nsn family, with little change in the
structure Of the respiratory organs.
Bat that there is great world swung
somewhere, vast beyond imagination, end
inst il is the headquarters OF the universe,
and the metropolis Of immensely, and has
population in numbers vast beyond
al statistics and appointments OF splen-
dor bevond the capacity of canvas, or
poem, or angel 20 describe, is as GER
isln as the Bible is authentic.
Perhaps some OF the astronomers with
their big telescopes have already caught
: glimpse of it, not knowing what it is.
We spell it with six letters ana pronounce
il Heaven.
That is where Prince Jesus lived nine
teen centuries ago. He was the Kings
son. 1t was the Old homestead of eterni
", and all It's castles were as old as God.
No. frost had ever chilled the cir. Not
A tear nad ever rolled down the check OF
one of lis inhabitants. There had never
been in it g headache or sGesche or o
hesrtaChe There had not been funeral
in the memory of the oldest inhabitant
There had never in all the land been
woven black vail, for there had never
been anything to mourn over. The pass
sg- Of millions of years had not wrinkleC
or bedimmed CT crippled
ANY OF ITS CITIZENS.
Al. the people there were in state Of
eternal adolescence. What floral snC
ramOnic richpessl Gardens OF perpetus
bloom and orchards in amending fruitage
Hsd some spirit from another world en-
tered and asked, What Is sin? What il
bereavement? What is sorrow2 VIVA
is desth? the brightest OF the intelligence
would nave failed TO give definition
though to study the question there wer
silence in heaven for naif al hour. TIL
Prince OF whom l speak had honors
em0luments, scclsmstions, such as M
other prince, celestial or terrestrial, eve
enjoyed. AS He passed tn
street the inhabitants took oi
from their brows garlands Q
white lilies and threw them in the way
He never entered any of the temple
without all the worshipers rising up an
bowling in 0beiSance. In sll the process
siOns of the high days He Was the on
who evoked the loudest welcome. Some
times on foot, walking in loving talk wit
the humolest Of theS land, but st othe
times he took chariot, and among th
twenty thousand that David spoke of, Ill
wss tie swiftest and most flaming; or s
when John described Him, He took whit
psiireY with what prance Of foot, en-
arch of neck, and roll of name, and gleal
OF eye IS only dimlY suggestedln the APP
calypso. He was not like other prince
Visiting for the Father to die and the
Jake the throne. When few years SO
al aTtist i'll Germany made q picture &
the royal gallery representing Emperl
William on the throne and the crow
Prince as having one foot on the step
ne throne, Emperor William Ordere
the picture changed and said: "Let t!
Prince keep his foot Cf the throne till
leave itn
Already enthroned was the heaven
prince aide by side with the Fathe
WAT s circle of dominion What my
UydOns OF sdmrers Whist unendll
round Of grories. All the towers chime
ne Princes praises. or sll the inhat
.alts, from the centre OF the ci,y, on ov
ne hills and or clear down 20 the bea
against which the ocean OF inmensi
rolls its pillows, the Prince was the q
knoWledged fayorite. No wonder !
-eXC says that "He was itch" Set
diamonds Of the earth in one scept
Guilds all the
PALACES OF THE EARTH
n one Alhsmbrs, gath all the pearls
me SEES IN one disdem, put al the valu
u the earth IL one coin, the aggregs
would not express his sfluence. Y
Paul was right. Solomon had in q
6S0,CQ0,000 pounds, and in silver ,02
0Oo, S11 pounds sterling. But s grea1
than Solomon is here. Not the millc
aire, but the Qundrillionaire of heav,
To describe his celestial surroundiI
the Bible uses all colors, gathering til
IN rainbow over the throne aud setti
them as agate in the temple window, 9
4 hosting twelve Of them into wall fir
y striped jasper ST the base TO transpar,
amethyst in the cspstone, while betwt
are green Of emerald, and snow Of pei
and blue Of sapphire, and yellow of top
b gray ofchrysoprasus, and fame OF jacin
all The loneliness of landscape IN folla
and river, and rill, and ell ench.ntm
sQusmsrine, the sea Of glass ming
with fire, SIS when the sun sinks in
Mediterranean. All the thrill Of mu
instrumental Snd vocal, harps, trump,
GOxoiegies. There stood the Prince, S
rounded by those who had under Il
wings the velocity of millions OF mile!
8 second, rich in love, rich in acorati
rich n power, tch In worship, rich
y holiness, rich Sc God.
But one Gay there was 3 big disaste
department Of Coos unive
race fA,ieat.. 1 world